Turbine-controlling mechanism.



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7 Application filed May 1,1912. Serial No. 694,512

To all whom it may concern; Be it known that I, human 'B.- FLANDERS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pittsburgh,tin the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful'llnvention in Turbinesflontroll-ing h lechanism, of which the specification.

'lhis invent-ion relates to. a turbine-con troll ng mechanism. Onepfthe ob ects is to maintain a con-- stunt speed at a' given load irrespective of the steam pressure in the system.

According to my invention, should the turbine be running-on exhaust steam from highQpressureengine and have connections with a source 'of high pressure steam, as

for example a boiler, a constant speed would be maintained at a given load whethertherc' was niorethan enough or just' enough 6X- hauststeam available to carry the load; for example, at half load it the pressure in the pounds and more exhaust steam were available than was needed to trated asbeing in turbine. 5 and the engine -1-, the valve-stem carry the load, the excess steam would be permitted'to escape to atmosphere, or be carried off or shunted around the turbine. lfthe pressure in the main should drop, due to a decrease in the supply, the valve would open Wider'toaccommodate the steam at the decreased pressure Without necessitating achange in speed. a a In the drawings: Figure 1 1s adiagrammatic view of a system constructed in ac-I cordance With my invention; and F ig. 2 is a sectional view of a valve mechanism constructed in accordance with my invention.-

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference,- 1 designates a high pressure engine, as for example, a reciprocating steam engine receiving steam from a. source ofhigh pressure, for=exainple a boiler through the hausting through a pipe 3 to the'valve casing 4 of a low pressure turbine 5, and Within the pipe'3 is a safety v or blow -ofi' valve 6, this valve 6 being-between the valve casing 4 and the engine 1.'

the line 3 between the 7 of the valve 8 beingconnected to' a lever 9 having a link connection with a bracket on the valve casing 11 of a high pressure valve 12. The stem 13 of the valve 12 is connected to the lever 9 by a piston lT in the" fluid relay following is ate its ends and at one end.

' opposite sides of The engine 1 is illustrated as ex-v The valve 4 is'here illu'slostmotion l stemlo is also 19 connected to valves connected tothe stem 20, and on spin die 28 forming part of the stem 20 are valve disks 29 and. 30 which normally cover ports 25 and 26, the fluid for the cylinder 18 being admitted through pipe 31 into the port or ports 32' so that when either the port 25 or is uncovered, oil will be admitted either on top 'or below the piston 17 and exhaust fromthe oppositeside through either the ports 33 or 34 or 36 into the oil system after the mannerusually employed in fluid relay systems. v

reference to Fig; 2 it will beiobserved' 27 1s connectedthat one end of the bushing to a piston 37 in a cylinder having a port 39 open to the 38 here shown atmosphere.

Ontop of the piston 37 is a spring 40 within the space 41 and into which leads a pipe 42- in communication With the supplv line 3. he port 39. may

phere or with the system, as for example the exhaust, it being,designed that under ordinary operating conditions the pressures on piston in equilibrium but preponderance of pressure on either side of the piston 37 will cause the bushing to slide either toward or awayfrom the lever 19 and open one of the ports 25 or 26 to inlet pressure and the other port to exhaust.

Suppose the engine is operated at constant load and the governor has been set for a definite speed; in the event that the pressure in the pipe 3 increases due to a super-' fiuous amount of steam from the exhaust engine, the pressure in the chamber 41 will increase or preponderate over the pressure at the exhaust 39 of the cylinder 38 and the bushing will the port 25 admittingfluid to the top of the piston 17 so that the valve tially closed admitting rate teunee. so, 1913.

The end of the lever 9 dis These ports and out through the. pipes 35 communicate with atnios- 8 will be parthe same amount of 0 the piston 37 will hold said be moved so as to uncover steam and admit it to the pipe in front of the low pressure steam valve, a valve in the high pressure steam pipe, a speed governor connected to said valves, an oil relay 0perated "by the speed governor for causing the low pressure steam valve to open its fullest amount before 'the high pressure steam valve may open, and a ported device, controlling the admission of oil to the relay and operated by differences of. pressure in the low pressure. steam pipe for causing the oil relay to operate irrespective of the action of the governor;

steam to the turbine as before. Any excess steam may be blown oft through the relief valve 6 or be by-passed around the turbine in some cases. Now suppose the pressure in the pipe 3 drops, there will be a'corresponding drop of pressure in the chamber a1 and the pressure in the cylinder 38 below the piston 37 preponderating over that in the chamber 4E1 will cause the bushing to move in a direction away from the cylinder 38'so as to open the port 26 admitting fluid under pressure through the port 24 to the underside of the piston 17 so as to cause the valve 8 to open more or less and in some cases a suflicient distance-so that the lever 9 will unseat the valve 12 and admit high pressure stc'amto augment that from the exhaust of the engine 1.

It will be apparent from the above that aside from the governor, I have provided means responsive to variations in pressure in the system for changing the opening of the inlet valve so as to maintain a constant speed for a constant load under differences of pressure in the supply main.

It is obvious that changes of form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I reserve the right to make such changes as may be found necessary from time to time without departing from the spirit of my invention.

pressure turbines, a pipe connected to said turbine. and adapted to supply steam to the turbine at relatively low pres-sure and to receive steam from the exhaust of a prime mover, a pipe adapted to receive steam direct from the boiler, said pipe being connected to the first named pipe, a valve in the first named pipe, a valve in the second mentioned pipe, a lever connected to both valves and having alost motion connection with the second mentioned valve so that the first 'ment-ioned valve must open its fullest amount before the second mentioned valve may open, a governor-controlled oil relayfor operating the lever, and a ported device responsive to variations in pressure in the first mentionedpipe for actuating the oil relay irrespective of the action of the Having thus described my invention, What governor;

I claim is: In testimony whereof, .I have hereunto 1. In a fluid controlling device for tursubscribed my name this 30th day of April, bines, the combination of a low pressure tur- 1912.

bine having a steam pipe leading thereto, a WARREN B. FLANDERS. low pressure valve in the steam pipe, a pipe Witnesses:

C. W. MCGHEE, ADA RoMio.

communicating With the low pressure steam pipe and adapted to receive high pressure 2. In a fluid controlling device for low I 

